Eternal One,
hear our prayer,
hear our complaint,
receive our broken, bruised,
yet again wounded hearts,
our battered souls,
our rejected bodies,
hear our frustration,
our anger,
our pain,
and the tears
and the groans
that will not stop!
why are we denied,
why cast out,
dehumanised,
why must we wait, and wait,
and wait again,
how long?
how long
must we groan in this desert land
longing for water?
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O come
be the comfort in our grief,
be the strength in our song,
be the grit in our resolve,
and help us to be in you
that bearing our wounds
as Christ does,
we will rise….
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how long?
how long?
how long?
we are so tired,
how long?
With thanks to Ric Stott for permission to use this image of the Queer Pieta.
IPrints available here: http://www.sheffieldmethodist.org/product/rainbow-prints/
Eternal footsteps 